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Discussion / Re: Oh dragonslayer why do you taunt me
« on: March 29, 2013, 11:21 »
I read one of 2Dev's mortems a long time ago, he mentioned damageless N! run up to UC to get Dragonslayer to drop every time. I figured this would be a great way to experiment with the Dragonslayer so I was trying to reproduce this.
Since getting all the way to UC damageless on standard N! is out of my league, I tested this with AoOC instead and I managed to get "damageless 100%" by clearing out a pain elemental cave right before UC. I also took under 50 damage in another attempt on the first floor of AoOC, and took *no* damage on UC (basically just grabbed two invulnerability globes right before and ran straight to the AoD). The former dropped an Azrael's Scythe, the latter dropped the Longinus Spear. No Dragonslayer. It may be restricted to standard games =(
Since getting all the way to UC damageless on standard N! is out of my league, I tested this with AoOC instead and I managed to get "damageless 100%" by clearing out a pain elemental cave right before UC. I also took under 50 damage in another attempt on the first floor of AoOC, and took *no* damage on UC (basically just grabbed two invulnerability globes right before and ran straight to the AoD). The former dropped an Azrael's Scythe, the latter dropped the Longinus Spear. No Dragonslayer. It may be restricted to standard games =(
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Discussion / Re: Trouble with Anomaly? Rocket jump! Wait what?!
« on: March 29, 2013, 11:12 »
Thanks for the replies! That explains a lot. I take it rocket jumping is fine when going for Gatekeeper badge? I'm not sure if "no damage" includes self-inflicted damage.
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Discussion / Trouble with Anomaly? Rocket jump! Wait what?!
« on: March 29, 2013, 02:50 »
So I've been hearing about rocket jumping to skip the ambush portion of the anomaly, but I can't figure out just how you'e supposed to do it. Last time I tried it I was boosted and I think I rocket jumped with a green armor. I did this close to the trigger for the ambush and I just ran into the door.. woops
I figured next time I'll shoot some rockets to make sure the door at the other end of the room is open, but here's my question: is it possible to avoid activating the ambush by rocket jumping correctly?
I figured next time I'll shoot some rockets to make sure the door at the other end of the room is open, but here's my question: is it possible to avoid activating the ambush by rocket jumping correctly?
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Nightmare! / [N!|AoSh/AoOC|80%|YAVP] I don't even know.. (Diamond+Angelic badges!)
« on: March 28, 2013, 15:31 »
Inspired by Tormuse's approach to AoSh/AoOC I decided to give it a try as well. I got this after about ~20 tries.
The moment I saw the Jackhammer and I wasn't surrounded by any enemies that floor was done, I just made sure to wipe the floor clear before moving on. The game wasn't finished though! On level 2 I got a shielded armor which has to be one of the best armors for mitigating damage on a crappy spawn: just hug the enemies and laugh at their melee damage. It's also indestructible so I can always fall back to it if things go south. On level 3 I got the hell staff and by then the game was basically telling me to win. Anytime I was ambushed if I couldn't go into melee range to abuse the 90% damage reduction on the shielded armor I could always hell staff out of the way.
Jackhammer + MAD was very, very satisfying to use on Arch Viles and Barons, they would melt in 2-3 hits while getting launched to the next room.
The level right before SM, I spawned surrounded by 4 Arch Viles with Barons and Mancubi. I had a homing phase device as a backup plan if everything else failed, but the game was basically telling me to get the Shottyman badges by putting an invulnerability globe next to me.
Ridiculous luck aside, I think AoSh is actually made easier by AoOC overall. Just enough levels to get a mastery, and you only need to get lucky for a few floors in some way or form to make sure you stay over 80% kills. Oh yeah, and EXACTLY 80% kills?! Maybe I should just go and win the lottery already x)
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DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Moog, level 10 Mancubus Warrant Officer Marine,
defeated the Mastermind at the City of Dis.
He survived 21719 turns and scored 287560 points.
He played for 26 minutes and 30 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 249 out of 309 hellspawn. (80%)
He was an Angel of Shotgunnery!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 0
Levels completed : 0
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Shottyman Silver Badge
Shottyman Gold Badge
Shottyman Platinum Badge
Shottyman Diamond Badge
Shottyman Angelic Badge
Daredevil Gold Badge
Daredevil Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 89/80 Experience 46952/10
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +0 ToDmg Ranged +3 ToDmg Melee +3
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Marine
Ironman (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 3)
Reloader (Level 2)
Badass (Level 1)
Shottyman (Level 1)
Army of the Dead (Level 1)
SoB->SoB->Rel->Rel->SM->SoB->Bad->MAD->Iro->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] blue armor [4/4] (87%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Jackhammer (8d3)x3 [3/9]
[c] [ Boots ] plasteel boots [2/2] (100%)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] green armor [3/3] (100%) (P)
[d] Shielded Armor [2]
[e] shotgun shell (x21)
[f] shotgun shell (x50)
[g] shotgun shell (x50)
[h] shotgun shell (x50)
[i] small med-pack
[j] small med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] phase device
[o] homing phase device
[p] envirosuit pack
[q] Hell Staff
[r] shell box (x40)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Acid - internal 0% torso 0% feet 50%
Fire - internal 0% torso 0% feet 25%
Plasma - internal 0% torso 20% feet 0%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
16 former humans
40 former sergeants
20 former captains
20 imps
10 demons
8 cacodemons
3 hell knights
55 barons of hell
17 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
21 revenants
10 mancubi
25 arch-viles
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he found the Jackhammer!
On level 2 he found the Shielded Armor!
On level 3 he found the Hell Staff!
He sounded the alarm on level 4!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You see : a Spider Mastermind (heavily wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The Spider Mastermind flinched! The Spider Mastermind flinched!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | blood | [ m ]ore
The Spider Mastermind flinched! The Spider Mastermind flinched!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (severely wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The Spider Mastermind flinched! The Spider Mastermind flinched!
You are hit! Boom! You dodge! Boom! Boom! You are hit! You dodge! Boom!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (mortally wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The Spider Mastermind flinched! The Spider Mastermind flinched!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : a Spider Mastermind (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
The Spider Mastermind flinched! The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
139 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
120 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
8 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 4 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
5 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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The moment I saw the Jackhammer and I wasn't surrounded by any enemies that floor was done, I just made sure to wipe the floor clear before moving on. The game wasn't finished though! On level 2 I got a shielded armor which has to be one of the best armors for mitigating damage on a crappy spawn: just hug the enemies and laugh at their melee damage. It's also indestructible so I can always fall back to it if things go south. On level 3 I got the hell staff and by then the game was basically telling me to win. Anytime I was ambushed if I couldn't go into melee range to abuse the 90% damage reduction on the shielded armor I could always hell staff out of the way.
Jackhammer + MAD was very, very satisfying to use on Arch Viles and Barons, they would melt in 2-3 hits while getting launched to the next room.
The level right before SM, I spawned surrounded by 4 Arch Viles with Barons and Mancubi. I had a homing phase device as a backup plan if everything else failed, but the game was basically telling me to get the Shottyman badges by putting an invulnerability globe next to me.
Ridiculous luck aside, I think AoSh is actually made easier by AoOC overall. Just enough levels to get a mastery, and you only need to get lucky for a few floors in some way or form to make sure you stay over 80% kills. Oh yeah, and EXACTLY 80% kills?! Maybe I should just go and win the lottery already x)
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|AoMC/AoOC|37%|YASD] Longinus Diamond Badge
« on: March 27, 2013, 13:23 »Ah, there's the 0.64s vs 0.63s difference explained.
I know I'm not crazy xD it would take a while, but non-running move actions would let me create distance from the AoD after several tiles. As a rough estimate I made sure to have at least 2 tiles of distance before throwing a knife. I never got hit.
Though this is probably considered cheesing the diamond badge, I'm glad there's some discussion on it. :D I still feel kinda bad I wasnt around for 9.9.7 testing, now I feel like I would have at least helped in ironing out badge requirements. :(
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|AoMC/AoOC|37%|YASD] Longinus Diamond Badge
« on: March 27, 2013, 12:24 »I have no idea how you did it in less than half an hour with just one bulked knife, and not even SoBx2....
Also for some stupid reason my bulked knife got destroyed when I killed AoD with the final throw... Imagine that...
Naturally entering the next level meant almost an instant death.
PS : The wiki needs fixing. Outrunning an angel of death with 2 HR and +10% from scout ability, should not be possible if he does indeed have 150% speed.
I was circling inside the demon room for the most part. There's no need to do laps outside the cathedral. I considered doing that at first but I figured if you outran the AoD, why not just do the same in a smaller space? Just don't get too greedy and attack him when he's too close.
I definitely outran him with Scout class + 2xHR, I wasn't wearing armor though.
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|AoMC/AoOC|37%|YASD] Longinus Diamond Badge
« on: March 27, 2013, 11:52 »That seems like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Hmm, you're probably right.. some people may want to do AoOC+AoMC after all :P I haven't given this too much thought admittedly. Maybe the AoD could get "enraged" after repeated ranged knife throw attacks and something bad happens? :o)
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|AoMC/AoOC|37%|YASD] Longinus Diamond Badge
« on: March 27, 2013, 11:39 »Maybe we should nerf that.* thelaptop ponders evilly
I guess this is a more philosophical thing. Should the hardest badges have a strict luck requirement? Should they just be a puzzle for the player to figure out? (Dragonslayer is one of these) Or should they be based on skill as much as a roguelike would allow with all the random elements?
I think it should be changed, personally. Removing AoOC from the choices after AoMC should be enough. This way, using AoOC would be too impractical as a shortcut to attempt Longinus Diamond, and if they want to use AoMC they have to learn a sound strategy for reaching the later levels first.
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|AoMC/AoOC|37%|YASD] Longinus Diamond Badge
« on: March 27, 2013, 00:28 »Still, Longinus Diamond in 1 try.... impressive.
How did you deal with the souls and demons, though?
You can kill the souls in one hit with the combat knife (not sure if it requires bulk mod or not, actually), so as long as you deal with 1 at a time you're good.
The demons took a lava bath outside :-)
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Nightmare! / [N!|AoMC/AoOC|37%|YASD] Longinus Diamond Badge
« on: March 26, 2013, 16:28 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Adam Ring, level 3 Mancubus Warrant Officer Scout,
committed a stupid suicide on level 2 of Hell.
He survived 29647 turns and scored 23554 points.
He played for 26 minutes and 23 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 39 out of 104 hellspawn. (37%)
He was an Angel of Max Carnage!
He was also an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Longinus Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 0/50 Experience 3690/3
ToHit Ranged +12 ToHit Melee +12 ToDmg Ranged +1 ToDmg Melee +1
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Son of a bitch (Level 1)
HR->HR->SoB->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] nothing
[b] [ Weapon ] minigun (1d6)x8 [160/200]
[c] [ Boots ] nothing
[d] [ Prepared ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] combat pistol (3d3) [15/15]
[b] assault shotgun (7d3) [6/6]
[c] combat knife (3d5) (B)
[d] large med-pack
[e] 10mm ammo chain (x250)
[f] shell box (x100)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
None
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
3 former sergeants
3 former captains
16 demons
16 lost souls
1 Angel of Death
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 2 he finally committed a stupid suicide.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul! You
hear the scream of a freed soul!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
You hear the scream of a freed soul! You hear the scream of a freed soul!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
You hear the scream of a freed soul!
Fire -- Choose target...
You see : out of vision
You have no more ammo for the minigun!
Argh!!! Lava! You die!... Press <Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
61 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
46 of those were killed.
2 of those were killed by something unknown.
7 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 2 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
4 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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I unlocked AoOC, and I've read about using throwing knives to kill the AoD on max carnage, so I figured why not just dual angel? On my first try I had a bulk mod and the red stairs to the Unholy Cathedral in plain sight. Without a bulk mod I have no idea just how long it would take.
Not much else to say, I tried to continue but barely as I was starting I got annihilated by a former sergeant sneaking behind a corner. I got launched into the middle of a lava river.. x)
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|AoSh|93%|YAVP] Five Shottyman Badges! (Including Angelic!) :D
« on: March 25, 2013, 06:03 »
I guess know who to harass when I'm stuck in Diamond (and eventually Angelic) challenges. That's amazing!
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|AoB|70%|YAFW] Veteran/Berserker Diamond
« on: March 25, 2013, 06:00 »Impressive. Did you choose to take a level in IRO at the end, or was this a slip of the finger?
The only times I (accidentally) took IRO on a BER build, it spelled heaps o' trouble...
Thanks :3 I got pretty decent at doing melee runs since picking up the Dragonslayer has been such a mystery, I had to keep attempting them lol
At that point, I could have upgraded anything, and I figured since I had so many large medpacks near the end, it would have good synergy with Ironman. It'd probably not be worth it unless I got at least 2-3 in Ironman, but I was just experimenting basically. If I had gotten Ironman before I got MBm or even Int it would almost be suicide though!
Any enemy that takes sufficient damage gets gibbed. Gibbed enemies leave no corpse and drop no items and, in the case of Pain Elementals, release no Lost Souls. The Longinus Spear does so much damage that it frequently gibs smaller enemies, especially when you're berserk.
Oh wow, thanks for clearing that up, I guess I'll keep the chainsaw next time. Pain elementals are valuable Berserk refills..
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Nightmare! / [N!|AoB|70%|YAFW] Veteran/Berserker Diamond
« on: March 24, 2013, 14:00 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (0.9.9.7) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Timo Viitanen,
level 14 Mancubus Sergeant Major Scout,
nuked the Mastermind at the Hell Fortress.
He survived 28290 turns and scored 685387 points.
He played for 59 minutes and 25 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 877 out of 1243 hellspawn. (70%)
He was an Angel of Berserk!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 11
Levels visited : 8
Levels completed : 3
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
Cyberdemon's Head
UAC Star (silver cluster)
Minor Icarus Cross
Gatekeeper Gold Badge
Veteran Diamond Badge
Berserker Silver Badge
Berserker Gold Badge
Berserker Diamond Badge
Longinus Platinum Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 59/60 Experience 97630/14
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +8 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +12
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Finesse (Level 2)
Hellrunner (Level 3)
Brute (Level 4)
Berserker (Level 1)
Dodgemaster (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 1)
Blademaster (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->HR->Bru->MBm->Int->Fin->DM->Fin->HR->Iro->Bru->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] red armor [6/6] (99%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] protective boots [2/2] (60%) (T)
[d] [ Prepared ] nothing
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] green armor [1/1] (20%)
[b] blue armor [1/2] (44%)
[c] red armor [4/4] (122%) (B)
[d] red armor [4/4] (121%) (B)
[e] energy shield [0/0] (1%)
[f] combat knife (2d5)
[g] large med-pack
[h] large med-pack
[i] large med-pack
[j] large med-pack
[k] phase device
[l] phase device
[m] envirosuit pack
[n] envirosuit pack
[o] envirosuit pack
[p] bulk mod pack
[q] shockwave pack
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 85%
Fire - internal 60% torso 85% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
28 former humans
38 former sergeants
18 former captains
84 imps
92 demons
326 lost souls
13 cacodemons
21 hell knights
36 barons of hell
30 arachnotrons
8 former commandos
35 pain elementals
28 revenants
22 mancubi
29 arch-viles
19 nightmare imps
10 nightmare cacodemons
24 nightmare demons
8 nightmare arachnotrons
2 bruiser brothers
1 lava elemental
1 agony elemental
1 Angel of Death
1 Cyberdemon
1 Spider Mastermind
1 John Carmack
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
He started his journey on the surface of Phobos.
On level 2 he entered Hell's Arena.
He cowardly fled the Arena.
On level 5 he stormed the Chained Court.
On level 8 he encountered the Phobos Anomaly.
On level 11 he witnessed the Wall.
Not knowing what to do, he left.
On level 12 he found the City of Skulls.
He wiped out the City of Skulls.
On level 14 he ventured into the Spider's Lair.
He fled the Lair, knowing how to fear Arachnotrons!
On level 16 he found the Tower of Babel!
On level 17 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 17 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 20 he ran for his life from lava!
On level 20 he was foolish enough to enter Limbo!
He managed to escape from Limbo!
On level 22 he arrived at Mt. Erebus.
He managed to raise Mt. Erebus completely!
Then at last he found Dis!
He overloaded a nuclear BFG 9000 on level 24!
He defeated the Mastermind and found the TRUE EVIL!
Then finally in Hell itself, he killed the final EVIL.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You dodge! You need to taste blood!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next! You're going berserk!
You hit the lost soul. The lost soul dies. Next!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You see : John Carmack (wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You're going berserk! You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
John Carmack reloads his rocket launcher. You need to taste blood!
You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You need to taste blood!
You hit John Carmack. You are hit! That hurt! You' going berserk! You need to
You see : John Carmack (almost dead) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
John Carmack dies. Congratulations! You defeated John Carmack! Press
<Enter>...
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
23 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
18 of those were killed.
And 1 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
4 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
1 killed the bitch and survived.
3 showed that it can outsmart Hell itself.
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Starting from an (almost) fresh player data. It was fun wandering into areas I've never seen before. It was my first time seeing Limbo and I almost died trying to clear it, but more importantly I grabbed the nuclear BFG which let me get to JC. I got this run in like my 4th attempt, I'm not sure if it's just me still remembering how to handle the challenge, or it got easier in 0.9.9.7 after the changes.
I've never seen Mt. Erebus either, but thankfully it doesn't change that much from the Lava Pits (are pain elementals that don't summon lost souls on death intentional? It almost crippled my MBm build).
I really want to hunt for more diamond badges but I don't quite grasp the strategy on most of them yet, at least for those that aren't mostly luck based anyway. I could probably do Marksman/Shottyman Diamond next, just need to learn what are the best builds for doing that. However, seeing the nightmare monsters appearing in the later levels on N!, I can see why they'd be diamond badges.. x)
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Nightmare! / Re: [N!|AoMc|93%|YaFW] Theme build: Neo
« on: April 12, 2012, 13:43 »
Goddamn, any tips for going damageless? Aside from lots of blindfiring and patient corner shooting, what else should one keep in mind for areas like Anomaly, Babel and Dis? Is damageless AoMC significantly easier than a standard game?
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Nightmare! / [N!|AoOC|94%|YAVP] Daredevil Diamond, Unholy Cathedral!
« on: April 10, 2012, 17:37 »--------------------------------------------------------------
DoomRL (v.0.9.9.6G) roguelike post-mortem character dump
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Adam Ring, level 10 Arch-Vile Lt. Colonel Scout,
defeated the Mastermind on level 8 of Hell.
He survived 17964 turns and scored 277865 points.
He played for 35 minutes and 51 seconds.
He opposed the Nightmare!
He killed 414 out of 438 hellspawn. (94%)
He held his right to remain violent.
He was an Angel of Overconfidence!
-- Special levels --------------------------------------------
Levels generated : 4
Levels visited : 1
Levels completed : 1
-- Awards ----------------------------------------------------
UAC Star (bronze cluster)
Daredevil Diamond Badge
-- Graveyard -------------------------------------------------
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-- Statistics ------------------------------------------------
Health 56/60 Experience 45550/10
ToHit Ranged +0 ToHit Melee +6 ToDmg Ranged +0 ToDmg Melee +9
-- Traits ----------------------------------------------------
Class : Scout
Ironman (Level 1)
Hellrunner (Level 2)
Brute (Level 3)
Berserker (Level 1)
Intuition (Level 2)
Blademaster (Level 1)
Bru->Bru->Ber->HR->HR->Bru->MBm->Int->Int->Iro->
-- Equipment -------------------------------------------------
[a] [ Armor ] gothic armor [8/8] (168%) (P)
[b] [ Weapon ] Longinus Spear (8d8)
[c] [ Boots ] phaseshift boots [4/4] (86%) (T)
[d] [ Prepared ] assault shotgun (7d3) [5/6]
-- Inventory -------------------------------------------------
[a] rocket launcher (6d6) [1/1]
[b] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[c] green armor [1/1] (100%)
[d] red armor [4/4] (83%)
[e] red armor [2/4] (37%)
[f] fireproof red armor [4/4] (75%)
[g] bullet-proof vest [1/1] (100%)
[h] shotgun shell (x49)
[i] rocket (x7)
[j] large med-pack
[k] large med-pack
[l] large med-pack
[m] large med-pack
[n] phase device
[o] phase device
[p] thermonuclear bomb
[q] bulk mod pack
[r] sniper weapon pack
[s] plasteel boots [2/2] (97%)
-- Resistances -----------------------------------------------
Bullet - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Melee - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Shrapnel - internal 60% torso 95% feet 60%
Acid - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Fire - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
Plasma - internal 60% torso 60% feet 60%
-- Kills -----------------------------------------------------
5 former humans
29 former sergeants
10 former captains
41 imps
28 demons
187 lost souls
2 cacodemons
15 hell knights
31 barons of hell
6 arachnotrons
3 former commandos
29 pain elementals
13 mancubi
13 arch-viles
1 Angel of Death
1 Spider Mastermind
-- History ---------------------------------------------------
On level 1 he invaded the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 1 he found the Longinus Spear!
He then destroyed the Unholy Cathedral!
On level 4, hell froze over!
On level 4 he assembled a fireproof armor!
Then at last he found Dis!
On level 8 he finally defeated the Mastermind.
-- Messages --------------------------------------------------
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You hit the Spider Mastermind. You feel like a killing machine! You're going
berserk! The Spider Mastermind misses you. You need to taste blood!
You use a small med-pack. You feel healed. The Spider Mastermind hits you.
You need to taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
You see : a Spider Mastermind (wounded) | pool of blood | [ m ]ore
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind hits you. You need to
taste blood!
You hit the Spider Mastermind. The Spider Mastermind dies. Congratulations!
You defeated the Spider Mastermind! Press <Enter>...
Next! You're going berserk!
You need to taste blood! There is a sniper weapon pack lying here.
-- General ---------------------------------------------------
720 brave souls have ventured into Phobos:
668 of those were killed.
5 of those were killed by something unknown.
6 didn't read the thermonuclear bomb manual.
And 16 couldn't handle the stress and committed a stupid suicide.
25 souls destroyed the Mastermind...
2 sacrificed itself for the good of mankind.
13 killed the bitch and survived.
10 showed that it can outsmart hell itself.
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Clearing UC, even on N! is surprisingly consistent. Naturally you still need berserker trait to even stand a chance while exchanging hits, but if you have level 1 HR + Scout it's easy to squeeze in free hits on the AoD. With 1 HR, Scout and green armor I find that I can get consecutive free hits the most while berserked by making the AoD fall into a pattern of 1. Take steps back until he steps along with you twice in a row 2. Hit him (you shouldn't get hit at this point) 3. Back to 1. It seems finicky with other armors equipped but even with a red armor you can score free hits (and if you have a red armor you can afford to take more hits anyway). The drawback of this approach is that you're almost guaranteed to run out of berserk time by the next level, but who cares, you have the longinus spear! Usually I only need some type of armor and 1 large med-pack to do UC with the combat knife. If you have a bulk/power mod I honestly would save it for a red armor.
It's really hard to decide on getting Int before or after getting MBm though, by going this route I had to get lucky a few times running into powerups, but thanks to getting the master trait first it helped me clear some nasty spawn points as I entered a level, where I'm not so sure even Int2 would have helped. Also, it helped me to go for offensive traits earlier so that there's less situations where I'm forced to retreat from enemies and lower my kill %.
As you can see I got 94%, but that was inflated by a pain elemental cave, but you can just play carefully and get >80% without pain elementals. I had blademaster by the time I could enter the mortuary, but I didn't need to go there to get Daredevil Diamond, so I passed. :)
This is probably one of the easier diamond badges (or less luck dependent). It's definitely a fun challenge, and also good practice for dealing with tough monsters on N! and UC right away. I did die a lot, but 90% of the deaths were in the first level or right after UC if I ran out of health packs.